| Churches and rites in union with the Catholic Church
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| denomination=catholic |
Unspecified Catholic denomination. (It is prefered to use denomination=greek_catholic, denomination=roman_catholic, or other rite as appropriate, if known. But in some cases of ecumenical features, "catholic" may be the best fit.) ( Roman Catholic Church)
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| denomination=armenian_catholic |
Armenian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=chaldean_catholic |
Chaldean Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=coptic_catholic |
Coptic Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=eritrean_catholic |
Eritrean Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=ethiopian_catholic |
Ethiopian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=greek_catholic |
Eastern Catholic Churches "including many liturgical traditions, each one of the tradition having its own churches.)
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| denomination=hungarian_greek_catholic |
Hungarian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=maronite |
Maronite Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=polish_catholic |
Polish Catholic Church
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| denomination=roman_catholic |
Roman Catholic Church
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| denomination=romanian_catholic |
Romanian Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=syriac_catholic |
Syriac Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=syro-malabar_catholic |
Syro-Malabar Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| denomination=ukrainian_greek_catholic |
Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church (Church in union with the Catholic Church)
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| Orthodox denominations
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| denomination=orthodox |
Unspecified eastern Orthodox church. One of the more specific values below is preferred:
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| denomination=antiochian_orthodox |
Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch
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| denomination=armenian_apostolic |
Armenian Apostolic Church
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| denomination=bulgarian_orthodox |
Bulgarian Orthodox Church
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| denomination=eritrean_orthodox |
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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| denomination=ethiopian_orthodox |
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church
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| denomination=coptic_orthodox |
Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
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| denomination=georgian_orthodox |
Georgian Orthodox Church
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| denomination=greek_orthodox |
Greek Orthodox Church
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| denomination=macedonian_orthodox |
Macedonian Orthodox Church
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| denomination=old_believers |
Old Believers (Russian)
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| denomination=polish_orthodox |
Polish Orthodox Church
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| denomination=romanian_orthodox |
Romanian Orthodox Church
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| denomination=russian_orthodox |
Russian Orthodox Church and Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate)
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| denomination=serbian_orthodox |
Serbian Orthodox Church
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| denomination=syriac_orthodox |
Syriac Orthodox Church
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| denomination=ukrainian_orthodox |
Orthodox Church of Ukraine (not to be confused with Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow Patriarchate), which should be tagged denomination=russian_orthodox)
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| Larger Protestant denominations (categories)
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| These protestant denominations are categories which often include several different organisations, which can be tagged with operator=*, though sometimes are tagged as the denomination=* instead (see following table of less common values)
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| denomination=protestant |
Unspecified Protestant church. Use of "Independent" non-conformist chapels in Wales. Often a more specific denomination can be tagged:
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| denomination=adventist |
Adventism (not all Adventist Churches are Seventh-Day Adventist, see denomination=seventh_day_adventist)
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| denomination=anabaptist |
Anabaptism
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| denomination=anglican |
Anglicanism (Churches of the Anglican Communion in general should use this tag, including the Church of England, Church in Wales, Scottish Episcopal Church, Church of Ireland, Episcopal Church in USA)
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| denomination=baptist |
Baptists
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| denomination=disciples_of_christ |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and related denominations
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| denomination=episcopal |
Episcopal Church (United States)
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| denomination=evangelical |
(note to German speakers: this is NOT the same as "evangelisch" in German, please use denomination=protestant for that one)
(evangelical to co innego niż polskie "ewangelicki". Do Kościoła ewangelicko-augsburskiego (Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland) w Polsce pasuje denomination=lutheran)
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| denomination=evangelical_covenant |
Evangelical Covenant Church
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| denomination=exclusive_brethren |
Exclusive Brethren
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| denomination=lutheran |
Lutheranism
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| denomination=mennonite |
Mennonite
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| denomination=methodist |
Methodist (also see United Methodist below)
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| denomination=moravian |
Moravian Church
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| denomination=pentecostal |
Pentecostalism
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| denomination=presbyterian |
Presbyterianism
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| denomination=quaker |
quakers
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| denomination=reformed |
Calvinism (Reformed)
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| denomination=uniting |
Uniting Church in Australia
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| denomination=polish_national_catholic |
Polish National Catholic Church (protestant church, not in union with the Catholic Church)
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| Protestant Church Organisations
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| These protestant church organisations are sometimes called "denominations" in some dialects of English, but usually they are considered to belong to a larger denominational category. Instead of tagging with denomination=* it is possible to uses these values with operator=* and use the larger category in the denomination=* tag.
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| denomination=african_methodist_episcopal |
African Methodist Episcopal Church, frequently abbreviated as AME. Not the same as denomination=african_methodist_episcopal_zion. See also denomination=methodist.
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| denomination=african_methodist_episcopal_zion |
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, frequently abbreviated as AME Zion. Not the same as denomination=african_methodist_episcopal (frequently mistagged). See also denomination=methodist.
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| denomination=alliance |
Christian and Missionary Alliance
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| denomination=apostolic_faith |
Apostolic Faith Church (Note that there are other denominations with very similar names.)
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| denomination=assemblies_of_god |
Assemblies of God - See also denomination=pentecostal.
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| denomination=brethren_in_christ |
Brethren in Christ Church - See also denomination=anabaptist.
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| denomination=calvinistic_methodist |
Calvinistic Methodists. It is preferable to tag Welsh Calvinistic Methodist churches as denomination=presbyterian as indeed the alternative name of the church, the Welsh Presbyterian Church, makes clear. The church body is the operator rather than denomination per se. The vast majority of such churches should have both name:en=* and name:cy=*. Note also that despite the name, the theology of the denomination is not very Calvinist (q.v. reformed).
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| denomination=catholic_apostolic |
Catholic Apostolic Church
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| denomination=church_of_god_in_christ |
Church of God in Christ, frequently abbreviated as COGIC. Imported GNIS nodes may often have the incorrect name of "Church of God and Christ" and should be corrected after verifying with survey or street-level imagery.
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| denomination=church_of_scotland |
Church of Scotland - See also denomination=presbyterian.
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| denomination=churches_of_christ |
Churches of Christ
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| denomination=czechoslovak_hussite |
Czechoslovak Hussite Church
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| denomination=disciples_of_christ |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
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| denomination=dutch_reformed |
(including NGK and similar churches in South Africa) - See also denomination=presbyterian.
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| denomination=evangelical_covenant |
Evangelical Covenant Church - See also denomination=evangelical.
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| denomination=evangelical_free_church_of_america |
Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) - See also denomination=evangelical.
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| denomination=evangelical_lutheran |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) - See also denomination=evangelical.
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| denomination=evangelical_free_church_of_france |
Union des Églises évangéliques libres (UEEL) - See also denomination=evangelical.
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| denomination=exclusive_brethren |
Exclusive Brethren
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| denomination=foursquare |
The Foursquare Church - See also denomination=pentecostal.
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| denomination=free_church_of_scotland |
Free Church of Scotland (since 1900) - See also denomination=presbyterian.
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| denomination=living_waters_church |
Living Waters Church
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| denomination=mission_covenant_church_of_sweden |
Mission Covenant Church of Sweden
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| denomination=moravian |
Moravian Church
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| denomination=mormon |
Mormons (also known as The Church of Latter-day Saints). See Tag:denomination=mormon for more info
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| denomination=nazarene |
Church of the Nazarene
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| denomination=new_frontiers |
Newfrontiers
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| denomination=orthodox_presbyterian_church |
Orthodox Presbyterian Church - See also denomination=presbyterian.
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| denomination=pkn |
Protestant Church in the Netherlands, Dutch merger of reformed and lutheran churches - See also denomination=protestant
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| denomination=remonstrant |
Remonstrants
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| denomination=salvation_army |
The Salvation Army
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| denomination=scottish_episcopal |
Scottish Episcopal Church - See also denomination=anglican
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| denomination=seventh_day_adventist |
Seventh-day Adventist Church - not all Adventist Churches are Seventh-Day Adventist - See also denomination=adventist
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| denomination=strict_baptist |
Strict Baptists - See also denomination=baptist
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| denomination=temple_society_australia |
Temple Society Australia
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| denomination=united |
United Church of Canada
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| denomination=united_free_church_of_scotland |
United Free Church of Scotland - See also denomination=presbyterian
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| denomination=united_reformed |
United Reformed Church - See also denomination=reformed
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| denomination=uniting |
Uniting Church in Australia
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| denomination=united_methodist |
United Methodist Church - See also denomination=methodist
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| denomination=united_church_of_christ |
United Church of Christ (UCC)
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| denomination=welsh_baptist |
Baptist Union of Wales. Preferred usage is denomination=baptist, the Baptist Union of Wales is probably the operator=*.
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| denomination=welsh_independent |
Independent (religion) Independent chapels in Wales will all be non-conformist denomination=protestant churches.
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| Unclassified christian denominations
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| denomination=apostolic |
Several different denominations and organisations use this term. See Apostolic.
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| denomination=assyrian |
Assyrian Church of the East
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| denomination=catholic_mariavite |
Catholic Mariavite Church (non-ecumenical)
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| denomination=bosnian_church |
Bosnian Church
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| denomination=charismatic |
Charismatic Movement, often but not always pentecostal
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| denomination=christian_community |
The Christian Community originally from Switzerland
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| denomination=christ_scientist |
Church of Christ, Scientist
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| denomination=church_of_christ |
Church of Christ (unspecific). Not to be confused with denomination=united_church_of_christ or denomination=churches_of_christ
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| denomination=congregational |
Congregational church. Note that many churches in the United States with "Congregational" in the name should instead be tagged as denomination=united_church_of_christ.
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| denomination=ecumenical |
Ecumenism
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| denomination=fsspx |
Society of Saint Pius X (complex relationship with the Roman Catholic church)
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| denomination=harrist |
William Wadé Harris
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| denomination=iglesia_ni_cristo |
Iglesia ni Cristo
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| denomination=jehovahs_witness |
Jehovah's Witnesses
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| denomination=kimbanguist |
Kimbanguism
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| denomination=la_luz_del_mundo |
La Luz del Mundo
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| denomination=liberal_catholic |
Liberal Catholic Church
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| denomination=mariavite |
Old Catholic Mariavite Church of Poland (ecumenical)
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| denomination=messianic_jewish |
Messianic Judaism
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| denomination=new_apostolic |
New Apostolic Church
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| denomination=nondenominational |
Churches which are not part of a larger organisation (often evangelical protestant)
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| denomination=old_catholic |
Old Catholic Church
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| denomination=philippine_independent |
Philippine Independent Church, also known as Aglipayan Church
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| denomination=shizmatic |
Schism, if not sure, simply use for any schismatic denomination
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| denomination=simultaneum |
Simultaneum
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| denomination=spiritist |
Spiritism is a spiritualistic doctrine based on the works of Allan Kardec. Formed in France in the 19th century, but today only has a significant number of adherents in Brazil.
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